Dylan on Dylan

Interviews and Encounters

Jeff Burger, Jeff Burger

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9780912777443
• Edition: 1
• Subtopic: Music

In a 1969 conversation with Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner, Bob Dylan proclaimed, "I don't give interviews." But in truth, he has spoken at length with print publications large and small and with broadcast media around the world, given numerous press conferences, and even answered listeners' questions on call-in radio shows. Dylan can be as evasive and abstruse as he is witty; he can also be cranky and sarcastic. But in the right moments, he offers candid, revealing commentary about his groundbreaking music and creative process. These engrossing provide glimpses into the mind of one of the most important performers and songwriters of the last hundred years. Dylan on Dylan is an authoritative, chronologically arranged anthology of interviews, speeches, and press conferences, as well as excerpts from more than eighty additional Q&As spanning Dylan's entire career—from 1961 through 2016. The majority have not been previously anthologized and some have never before appeared in print. The material comes from renowned media outlets like Rolling Stone and TV's 60 Minutes and from obscure periodicals like Minnesota Daily, a student newspaper at Dylan's alma mater. Interviewers include some of the top writers of our time, such as Jonathan Lethem, Douglas Brinkley, and Mikal Gilmore, as well as musicians like Pete Seeger and Happy Traum. Introductions put each piece in context and, in many cases, include the interviewer's reminiscences about the encounter.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface | Jeff Burger
• Izzy Young’s Notebook | Izzy Young | October 20, 1961–March 14, 1962 | The Fiddler Now Upspoke (UK)
• Radio Interview | Cynthia Gooding | Early 1962 | Folksinger’s Choice, WBAI-FM (New York)
• Conversation | Izzy Young, Pete Seeger, Sis Cunningham, and Gil Turner | May 1962 (recording) | Unaired, WBAI-FM (New York)
• A Day with Bob Dylan | John Cocks | November 20, 1964 | Kenyon Collegian (Ohio)
• Bob Dylan as Bob Dylan | Paul Jay Robbins | March and September 1965 (Interview) | September 10, 17, and 24, 1965 | Los Angeles Free Press
• Interview | Nora Ephron and Susan Edmiston | August 1965 (Interview) | Publication Unknown
• Playboy Interview: Bob Dylan | Nat Hentoff | Fall 1965 (Interview) | March 1966 | Playboy
• Press Conference | December 3, 1965 | KQED-TV (San Francisco)
• Press Conference | December 16, 1965 | Los Angeles
• Radio Conversation | Bob Fass | January 26, 1966 | Radio Unnameable, WBAI-FM (New York)
• Radio Interview | Klas Burling | May 1, 1966 | Radio 3 (Sweden)
• Conversations with Bob Dylan | John Cohen and Happy Traum | October/November 1968 | Sing Out!
• Press Conference | August 27, 1969 | Isle of Wight, England
• Radio Interview | Mary Travers | April 20, 1975 | Mary Travers and Friend, KNX-FM (Los Angeles)
• Bob Dylan: “. . . A Sailing Ship to the Moon” | Neil Hickey | August 1976 (Interview) | March 4, 2015 | Adventures in the Scribblers Trade
• An Interview with Dylan | Randy Anderson | February 17, 1978 | Minnesota Daily
• Radio Interview | Paul Vincent | November 19, 1980 | KMEL-FM (San Francisco)
• Radio Interview | Paul Gambaccini | June 20, 1981 | Rock On, BBC Radio 1 (UK)
• “Jesus, Who’s Got Time to Keep Up with the Times?” | Mick Brown | July 1, 1984 | Sunday Times (UK)
• Radio Interview | Bert Kleinman and Artie Mogull | November 13, 1984 | Westwood One (US)
• Radio Interview | Bob Coburn | June 17, 1985 | Rockline, KLOS-FM (Los Angeles)
• Bob Dylan—After All These Years in the Spotlight, the Elusive Star Is at the Crossroads Again | Mikal Gilmore | October 13, 1985 | Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
• Ask Him Something, and a Sincere Dylan Will Tell You the Truth | Don McLeese | January 26, 1986 | Chicago Sun-Times
• The Invisible Man | David Hepworth | October 1986 | Q magazine (UK)
• Radio Interview | Elliot Mintz | May 1991| Westwood One (US)
• Interview | Paul Zollo | November 1991 | SongTalk
• Dylan: Jokes, Laughter, and a Series of Dreams | Peter Wilmoth | April 3, 1992 | The Age (Australia)
• A Midnight Chat with Dylan | John Dolen | September 28, 1995 | SunSentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
• No Direction Home Outtakes | 2000 (Interview) | Broadcast Date Unknown | WBAI-FM (New York)
• Press Conference | July 23, 2001 | Rome
• TV Interview | Ed Bradley | December 5, 2004 | 60 Minutes, CBS (US)
• The Genius and Modern Times of Bob Dylan | Jonathan Lethem | September 7, 2006 | Rolling Stone
• Bob Dylan’s Late-Era, Old-Style American Individualism | Douglas Brinkley | May 14, 2009 | Rolling Stone
• Bob Dylan: The Uncut Interview | Robert Love | February/March 2015 | AARP The Magazine
• Nobel Prize Banquet Speech | Bob Dylan (presented by Azita Raji) | December 10, 2016 | Stockholm, Sweden
• About the Contributors
• About the Editor
• Credits
• Index